Match Report : 26/12/2013

Two goals from David McGoldrick helped take Town into the Play-Off places with a comfortable victory at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Blues’ leading scorer opened the scoring with a text book header and took his tally to 11 for the campaign with a neat finish early in the second-half.

Sandwiched in between was a header from Luke Chambers and the winning margin could have been more but for Ross Turnbull’s alertness in the home goal.

Town kept with the same team that drew with Watford last weekend and started on the front foot in this first of three games inside a week, Daryl Murphy denied by an excellent save from Turnbull inside the first two minutes.

Ryan Tunnicliffe was the architect of that chance and set up another for McGoldrick soon after, the striker heading at the Doncaster ‘keeper from 12 yards out.

Town got the breakthrough the early play had threatened on 24 minutes and it was so simple, an Aaron Cresswell corner and McGoldrick thumped home his header.

Frank Nouble powered a header wide from Chambers’ cross as Town went looking for a second.

Brilliant interplay between Tunnicliffe and McGoldrick carved the Doncaster defence apart on the edge of the box, with Murphy denied a certain goal at the far post by Paul Quinn’s intervention.

Blues didn’t have to wait long though for the second, Tunnicliffe’s corner headed in by Chambers at the near post on the half hour.